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The importance of solitude – why time on your own can sometimes be good for you

Dr Thuy-vy Nguyen from our Department of Psychology explains what solitude is and why it can be beneficial.
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The power of small changes in an energy transition

Professor Grant Ingram is the Programme Director of our MSc in Energy Engineering Management at Durham. Grant is an expert in sustainable business engineering development. Here he explains the importance of the power of collaboration and small changes in an energy transition.
An image of solar panels and wind turbines with a distant industrial landscape

Climate change and the so-called Third Pole

Dr Ben Campbell from our Anthropology Department explores increasing concern about climate change and the melting of the Earth’s North and South Poles, but challenges us to consider the so-called Third Pole, the Himalaya-Karakoram mountains, and look beyond climate change as a matter of technical solutions to re-thinking our relationship with the planet.
A pictures of houses built into the Himalaya-Karakoram mountains

Ofsted inspections cause teachers stress and aren’t backed up by strong evidence – things could be done differently

Dr Karen Jones from our School of Education explains the downfalls of the Ofsted system.
sad teacher

Evan Gershkovich: Wall Street Journal reporter latest in long line of journalists punished for doing their job

Principal of South College Tim Luckhurst explains the censorship of journalists during war.
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More than 650 refugees arrived in this regional town. Locals’ welcoming attitudes flipped the stereotype

Dr Stefania Paolini from our Department of Psychology collaborated with Dr Sue Watt from the University of New England and Dr Tadgh McMahon from Flinders University to explain a case study on refugees settling in Armidale, Australia.
refugees welcome sign placed on building

What science can tell us about the experience of unexplainable presence

Dr Ben Alderson-Day from our Department of Psychology provides an introduction to the science of felt presence.
two ghostly presences
Three international students sat talking

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